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Immunodeficiency - centromeric region instability - facial anomalies syndrome

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Link to WHO Definition

Immunodeficiency - centromeric region instability - facial anomalies syndrome – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1446083793

The Immunodeficiency, Centromeric region instability, Facial anomalies syndrome (ICF) is a rare autosomal recessive primary immune deficiency characterised by immunodeficiency, although B cells are present, and by characteristic rearrangements in the vicinity of the centromeres (the juxtacentromeric heterochromatin) of chromosomes 1 and 16 and sometimes 9. Other variable symptoms include mild facial dysmorphism, growth retardation, failure to thrive, and psychomotor retardation.